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United States GMAS Review

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
On September 11, 2001, this terrorist organization launched a four-prong, coordinated attack on the USA:
a)
Hamas
b)
Al Qaeda
c)
Tamil Tigers
d)
ISIS
2.
The leader of the terrorist organization who launched the 9/11 attacks was ________, a former US ally in the early 1980s. He was killed in a Navy Seal raid on his Pakistani compound in 2011.
a)
Al-Zawahiri
b)
Abu Al-Baghdadi 
c)
Khalid Mohammed
d)
Osama bin Laden
3.
The War on Terror began after
a)
the first invasion of Iraq in 1991
b)
Clinton's impeachment trial in 1999
c)
Bush's victory over Gore in the 2000 election
d)
the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01
4.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
5.
Sees production of goods/services as most important driver of economic growth. Want no government in the economy, lower taxes for wealthy, limit monetary policy, thus trickle-down to everyone.
a)
Demand-Side Economics
b)
Supply-Side Economics
c)
Fiscal Policy
d)
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
6.
The election of 2008 was historically significant because -
a)
the first African-American was elected President.
b)
the Democrats had won a presidential election for the first time in 16 years.
c)
for the first time in American history there was no third party candidate.
d)
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic party nomination.
7.
The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —
a)
borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
b)
significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
c)
broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
d)
reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus
8.

Reganomics involved

a)

cutting taxes and cutting spending

b)

cutting taxes and increasing spending

c)

raising taxes and cutting spending

d)

raising taxes and increasing spending

9.

Which U.S. President launched the global war on terror after the 9/11 attacks?

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Barack Obama

d)

George W. Bush

10.
What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?
a)
increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union
b)
reducing nuclear weapons
c)
improving the taste of bland foods
d)
learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes
11.

After WWII, the US implemented what was known as the Marshall Plan. The purpose of this plan was to:

a)

Supply West Berlin with much needed supplies despite the Soviets' decision to block access to the city.

b)

Provide European nations with the money they needed to rebuild after WWII in order to prevent the spread of communist ideas.

c)

Prevent Communists from taking over countries in Southeast Asia.

d)

Provide returning US soldiers with jobs, homes, and educational opportunities as they returned home from the war.

12.

This was the basis for many U.S. foreign policy decisions during the Cold War and refers to the determination to stop the spread of communism.

a)

containment

b)

compressment

c)

subjugation

d)

conformity

13.

Stated that the United States would supply any nation with economic and military aid to prevent its falling under the Soviet sphere of influence.

a)

G.I. Bill

b)

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act

c)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

d)

Truman Doctrine

14.

Formed by the United States with many of the noncommunist nations in Europe to halt the spread of communism to Western Europe from the Soviet-controlled nations of Eastern Europe.

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

c)

OPEC

d)

NAFTA

15.

A series of "Red Scares" highlighted by statements about alleged communist infiltration of the U.S. government and the U.S. Army, which led to civil rights violations of those who were communists, were suspected of being communists, or were suspected of knowing someone who might be a communist.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

Trumanism

c)

Marshallism

d)

Indoctrinism

16.

Congress passed this, which authorized the construction of a national network of highways to connect every major city in America. The new system replaced the railroad network as the principal way of transporting goods and boosted economic development.

a)

G.I. Bill

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

National Interstate and Defense Highway Act

d)

Marshall Plan

17.

Sputnik concerned leaders in the United States because:

a)

It was an agreement between the USSR and Cuba that placed nuclear missiles within 90 miles of the U.S.

b)

It was a Soviet satellite that signaled that the US was far behind the Soviets in education.

c)

It was a submarine that U.S. ships were defenseless against.

d)

It was a bomb ten times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan.

18.

"I HAVE TODAY signed into law H.R. 13247, the National Defense Education Act. This Act, which is an emergency undertaking to be terminated after four years, will in that time do much to strengthen our American system of education so that it can meet the broad and increasing demands imposed upon it by considerations of basic national security."

--statement by President Eisenhower, upon signing the National Defense Education Act, September 2, 1958.


Which TWO factors MOST LIKELY spurred the passing of the legislation mentioned above?

a)

the ending of World War II

b)

the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor

c)

the successful launch of Sputnik into space

d)

the increase of consumerism in the United States

e)

the fear that public education was not as successful as in other countries.

19.

Led a revolution in Cuba, eventually naming himself president for life.

a)

Robert Kennedy

b)

Fidel Castro

c)

John F Kennedy

d)

Joseph Stalin

20.

Plan by the United States to overthrow the Castro/Cuban government using Cuban exiles.

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Cuban Revolution

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Embargo

21.

The most damaging campaign of the war in Vietnam:

a)

Battle of the Gulf of Tonkin

b)

Tet Offensive

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Sinking of the USS Maddox

22.

Brown vs Board of Education overturned this case:

a)

Plessy vs Ferguson

b)

Miranda vs Arizona

c)

Tinker vs DeMoines

d)

Eisenhower vs Florida

23.

The outcome of Brown vs Board of Education was:

a)

the segregation of public schools

b)

the integration of public schools

c)

not significant because states didn't implement it

d)

helpful to the plan to contain communism

24.

This act prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, and gender. It also ended segregation in public places.

a)

Brown vs Board of Education

b)

Miranda vs Arizona

c)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act 1965

25.

This act outlawed the requirement for would-be voters to take literacy tests to register to vote. Also paid for programs to register minority voters.

a)

Brown vs Board of Education

b)

Miranda vs Arizona

c)

Civil Rights Act 1964

d)

Voting Rights Act 1965

26.

Which of the following TWO choices describe the impact of television on society?

a)

First broadcast of the presidential debates (Kennedy/Nixon) in 1960.

b)

Helped to gain the sympathy of many American during the Civil Rights Movement by covering demonstrations.

c)

Provided no entertainment for people.

d)

Television had minimal impact on society during this time.

27.

Written by Martin Luther King Jr to address fears white religious leaders had that he was moving too fast toward desegregation.

a)

"I have a Dream" speech

b)

"Non-Violence Now" speech

c)

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

d)

"Civil Rights for Everyone" letter

28.

Given by Martin Luther King Jr to over 250,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. asking for peace and racial harmony.

a)

"I have a Dream" speech.

b)

"Violence Now" speech.

c)

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

d)

"Civil Rights for Everyone" speech

29.

This group was founded by African American College Students and initially used the tactics of sit-ins and non-violence to impact change.

a)

SNCC

b)

SCLC

c)

NAACP

d)

SEC

30.

This group was founded by MLK Jr and other ministers to peacefully protest racial injustice.

a)

SNCC

b)

SCLC

c)

NAACP

d)

SEC

31.

Created a roadway system to connect every major city in the U.S:

a)

National Interstate Highway and Defense Act

b)

National Road Trip Association

c)

National State Highway and Defense Act

d)

National Parks Association

32.

What is Jackie Robinson best known for?

a)

Being a founding member of the SNCC.

b)

First African American to integrate major league baseball.

c)

A lawyer made famous in the Miranda vs Arizona case.

d)

First African American to enroll in a public college in Alabama.

33.

Mexican American who started the United Farm Workers' Movement and politically organized a community in order to influence elections.

a)

Fidel Castro

b)

Raul Castro

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Benito Garcia

34.

Presidents Johnsons administrative agenda was to end poverty, reduce crime, abolish inequality and improve the environment. What was his Administrative agenda called?

a)

New Deal

b)

The Second New Deal

c)

Johnson Doctrine

d)

Great Society

35.

After the sinking of the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, What did congress pass declaring the maintenance of international peace and security in Southeast Asia was vital to American interests and to world peace.

a)

The Vietnam Declaration

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Vietnam Resolution

36.

In October 1962 the US blockaded Cuba to prevent the Soviet Union from placing missiles in Cuba. This is known as?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Bay of Pigs

c)

Cuban Revolution

d)

American Revolution

37.

· Closest presidential election in history

· Intervention by the US Supreme Court

· Electoral College a major factor

Florida

a)

Presidential Election of 1980

b)

Presidential Election of 1992

c)

Presidential Election of 2000

d)

Presidential Election of 2008

38.

Rachel Carson's 1962 Silent Spring was a groundbreaking work regarding what topic?

a)

A) women's rights

b)

B) race relations

c)

C) the environment

d)

D) anti-war movements

39.

The "Camp David Accords" was orchestrated by the Carter Administration in order to attempt to

a)

A) bring an end to the Cold War.

b)

B) end apartheid in South Africa.

c)

C) end the era of hostility between Israel and Egypt.

d)

D) open a trade relationship with China and the USSR.


40.

The Camp David Accords were agreements brokered by President Carter (center) and involved what two countries (whose leaders are to the President's sides)?

a)

A) Israel and Palestine

b)

B) Israel and Egypt

c)

C) Italy and Libya

d)

D) Iran and Iraq

41.

Which President is credited with first normalizing relations with China?

a)

A) Gerald Ford

b)

B) Jimmy Carter

c)

C) Richard Nixon

d)

D) Ronald Reagan


42.

Which of these was a major foreign policy failure during the Carter presidency?

a)

A) American hostages taken in Iran

b)

B) loss of Panama to the Soviet Union

c)

C) failure to foster peace in the Middle East

d)

D) failure to protect West Berlin from communism

43.

Gerald Ford's popularity plummeted and never recovered after he

a)

A) chose Nelson Rockefeller to serve as vice-president.


b)

B) increased American bombing campaigns against Cambodia.

c)

C) pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed in office.

d)

D) rejected congressional demands for another investigation into the Watergate break-in.

44.
Which communist country is Nixon successful in opening diplomatic ties with?
a)
Vietnam
b)
North Korea
c)
China
d)
Soviet Union
45.

President Jimmy Carters' Camp David Accord

a)

returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama

b)

suspended grain sales to the Soviet Union and China

c)

freed hostages being held in Iran

d)

established the first peace treaty between a Muslim and Jewish country

46.

During Presidents Carters administration, a revolution in this nation ended with 52 Americans being held hostage.

a)

Iran

b)

Iraq

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Syria

47.

Identify the event that lead to Pres. Nixon resignation.

a)

Iran Hostage Crisis

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

Star Wars

d)

Camp David Accords

48.

During the Watergate Scandal who was president?

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Gerald R. Ford

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

49.
The year that Jamestown was founded
a)
1590
b)
1607
c)
1609
d)
1620
50.

A series of four laws that included goods being shipped to and from the colonies be shipped on English vessels

a)

Navigation Acts

b)

British Maritime Laws

c)

Anti-Smuggling Acts

d)

Blue Laws

51.

The Great Compromise...

a)

Combined the Virginia & New Jersey Plans

b)

Introduced the Missouri Compromise

c)

Led to the expansion of slavery

d)

Strengthened the Articles of Confederation

52.

Who wrote a majority of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Baron de Montiseque

d)

Thomas Jefferson

53.

How was the treaty of Paris in 1783 a victory for the United States?

a)

Great Britain was forced to form an alliance with France

b)

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation

c)

It ended the French and Indian War

d)

American patriots signed an alliance with France to help them win the American Revolution

54.

What was the Battle of Yorktown?

a)

The first battle of the war

b)

The last battle of the war

c)

A turning point in the war, as the French joined in afterwards

d)

The deadliest battle of the war

55.

The idea that communism must be contained where it is, and not be allowed to spread to other countries

a)

Potsdam Conference

b)

Yalta Conference

c)

Truman Doctrine

d)

Marshall Plan

56.

A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe to ensure the USSR would not try to take the rest of Europe

a)

Marshall Plan

b)

Truman Doctrine

c)

Truman Plan

d)

Manhattan Project

57.

What was the end result of China's civil war?

a)

China was divided in half

b)

China became communist

c)

China became a democracy

d)

China created a socialistic government

58.

What was the end result of Korea's civil war?

a)

Korea was divided in half

b)

Korea became communist

c)

Korea became a democracy

d)

Korea created a socialistic government

59.

What is the name for the failed invasion force sent to Cuba to overthrow the Fidel Castro's communist government?

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Proxy War

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Operation Mongoose

60.

The time in America’s history, and led by Senator McCarthy, in which Americans were paranoid of who were communists. People wanted to find communists and arrest them.

a)

McCarthyism

b)

The Red Scare

c)

The Communist Cover

d)

The Soviet Social Spies

61.
Which US Amendment was violated by the  JIM CROW laws?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
16th
62.
Roosevelt Corollary is also known as
a)
Big Stick Policy
b)
Dollar Diplomacy
c)
Rough Riders
d)
Monroe Doctrine
63.
What is the type of sensational reporting where writers exaggerated or even invented stories?
a)
muckraking
b)
yellow journalism
c)
journalism
d)
paparazzi
64.
What was the Open Door Policy? 
a)
It led to an end to spheres of influence in China.
b)
It was first proposed by the U.S.
c)
 It called for equal trading rights in China.
d)
All answers are correct.
65.
What was the goal of President Taft's Dollar Diplomacy?
a)
Help US allies increase readiness of armed forces
b)
Raise living standards of people in poverty-stricken countries
c)
Support development of democracies in Central America
d)
Create stability abroad for benefit of US commercial interests
66.
Emilio Aguinaldo
a)
Filipino rebel leader who took control of Manila
b)
general in charge of the Spanish Pacific fleet
c)
Spanish Ambassador to the US
d)
Filipino journalist who wrote about the war
67.
Noninvolvement in world affairs is...
a)
expansionism
b)
isolationism
c)
imperialism
d)
annexation
68.
In 1903, the United States negotiated with ____________ for the right to build a canal through its province of Panama
a)
Mexico
b)
Columbia
c)
Spain
d)
Cuba
69.
All of the following were territories acquired by the U.S. from the Spanish American war except
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Cuba
c)
Alaska
d)
Philippines
70.
The U.S. aquired Hawaii by
a)
Purchasing it from China
b)
Winning it in war from Britain
c)
Overthrowing the existing monarchy
d)
Giving into Hawaiian pleas for statehood
71.
In 1898, the U.S. entered the Spanish-American war to
a)
help Cuba win its independence from Spain.
b)
take over land in Mexico.
c)
give the Rough Riders something to do.
d)
spread the Spanish language. 
72.
Describe the Spanish-American War.
a)
Spain won
b)
The U.S. won
c)
It lasted four years
d)
Cuba Lost
73.
Why was the Panama Canal so important to the United States? 
a)
It allowed endangered animals to expand their territory
b)
It allowed U.S. families to stay connected with each other
c)
It increased he Canada's military capability.
d)
It was a major shipping canal connecting the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans
74.

President Gerald Ford lost the most support from the American public for

a)

allowing the fall of South Vietnam to the Communists

b)

his ineffective WIN campaign against inflation

c)

becoming the first unelected president of the United States

d)

his pardon of Richard Nixon

75.

What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords led by President Carter?

a)

to broker peace between Egypt and Israel

b)

to end the Iranian hostage crisis

c)

to maintain good relations with the Shah

d)

to find a way to end the economic recession

76.

Former CIA agents broke into Democratic headquarters. Nixon tried to cover up the burglary. He was forced by the Supreme Court to hand over his tapes of White House conversations. These showed that Nixon had lied about the cover-up. This was known as?

a)

Lewinsky scandal

b)

Watergate scandal

c)

Iran-Contra Affair

d)

Teapot Dome

77.

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

78.

Under Ford's Presidency in 1975, South Vietnam fell to what country

a)

China

b)

North Vietnam

c)

Korea

d)

Cambodia

79.

A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for over a year.

a)

Iranian Revolution

b)

Iran Hostage Crisis

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Iraq Hostage Crisis

80.

ENTRANCE - WHITES ONLY is a sign that illustrates

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Bill of Rights Laws

c)

Civil Rights Laws

d)

14th Amendment

81.

A system of legal discrimination was institutionalized by the

a)

NAACP

b)

Chinese Exclusion Act

c)

14th Amendment

d)

Jim Crow Laws

82.

After the Civil War, the South initiated segregation based upon

a)

race (ethnicity)

b)

religion

c)

gender

d)

age

83.

a compromise to maintain the balance between slave and free states.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Annexation of Texas

84.

Victory won by Andrew Jackson at the end of the War of 1812; actually fought after a treaty had been signed

a)

Annexation of Texas

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Battle of New Orleans

d)

Northwest Ordinance

85.

differences that arise between different regions of the country economically, culturally, politically, etc.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Annexation of Texas

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